Error logs maintain important information about LSF operations. When you see any abnormal behavior in LSF, you should first check the appropriate error logs to find out the cause of the problem.
LSF log files grow over time. These files should occasionally be cleared, either by hand or using automatic scripts.
LSF log files are reopened each time a message is logged, so if you rename or remove a daemon log file, the daemons will automatically create a new log file.
The LSF daemons log messages when they detect problems or unusual situations.
The daemons can be configured to put these messages into files.
res.log.host_name
sbatchd.log.host_name
mbatchd.log.host_name
mbschd.log.host_name
LSF daemons log error messages in different levels so that you can choose to log all messages, or only log messages that are deemed critical. Message logging for LSF daemons (except LIM) is controlled by the parameter LSF_LOG_MASK in lsf.conf. Possible values for this parameter can be any log priority symbol that is defined in /usr/include/sys/syslog.h. The default value for LSF_LOG_MASK is LOG_WARNING.
LSF_LOG_MASK in lsf.conf no longer specifies LIM logging level in LSF 9. For LIM, you must use EGO_LOG_MASK in ego.conf to control message logging for LIM. The default value for EGO_LOG_MASK is LOG_WARNING.